Family of another American who died at Dominican Republic resort seeks answers

The family of a California man say they want answers after the 67-year-old man died after consuming a drink from a minibar at a resort in Punta Cana in April.

The relatives of Robert Bell Wallace told Fox News on Sunday they decided to share the story of his death at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino resort in light of the recent deaths of American tourists on the Caribbean island.

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Wallace’s niece, Chloe Arnold, said her uncle was in relatively good health and was an avid traveller.

“He was fine,” Arnold told the news agency. “He and his wife arrived there at around midnight on April 10. On April 11, he had scotch from the minibar. He started feeling very sick. He had blood in his urine and stool right afterward.”

According to Arnold, a hotel doctor had checked on Wallace and decided he needed to be hospitalized on April 13. He died the next day.

“We have so many questions,” she said. “We don’t want this to happen to anyone else.”

Dominican authorities have not given the family a cause of death.

David Harrison, 45, of Maryland died at the same resort in July 2018 while celebrating his wedding anniversary with his wife and 12-year-old son.

Authorities said Harrison died from a heart attack, but his widow, Dawn McCoy, told Inside Edition that her husband was a very healthy person and said she’s not convinced.

“Something’s not right in the Dominican Republic,” McCoy said.

On May 25, 41-year-old Miranda Schaup-Werner from Pennysylvania died in her room at Grand Bahia Principe Hotel La Romana in Punta Cana.

Five days later, Maryland couple Edward Nathaniel Holmes, 63 and Cynthia Day, 49, were found unresponsive in their hotel room at the same resort.

Miranda Schaup-Werner, right, died five days before Edward Nathaniel Holmes and Cynthia Ann Day, left, were found unconscious at the Bahia Principe Hotel in La Romana. (Facebook and Twitter photos)

Dominican authorities said a preliminary autopsy found that Holmes and Day suffered respiratory failure and pulmonary edema, caused by excess lung fluid. Day also suffered a cerebral edema.

A preliminary autopsy for Schaup-Werner showed she suffered from a heart attack, pulmonary edema and respiratory failure.

The three deaths at Grand Bahia Principe Hotel La Romana are being investigated by the FBI.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization and Dominican health experts were reportedly conducting tests at the resort.